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The Opportunists (2000) -- A struggling auto mechanic with a criminal past agrees to one last heist to pay off his debts.

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Director:
Myles Connell
Writer:
Myles Connell (written by)
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Release Date:
11 August 2000 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
When crime is all you know, you've got to take what you can. more
Plot:
A struggling auto mechanic with a criminal past agrees to one last heist to pay off his debts. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Cyndi Lauper Called Christopher Walken A Rat Bastard
 (From WENN. 1 August 2000)
User Comments:
Worth A Look, Good Small Film more (26 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Christopher Walken ... Victor 'Vic' Kelly
Peter McDonald ... Michael 'Mikey' Lawler, aka Michael Kelly (as Peter Mcdonald)
Anne Pitoniak ... Aunt Diedre 'Dee'
Kate Burton ... Rest Home Sister

Jim Mayzik ... Rest Home Priest

Vera Farmiga ... Miriam Kelly

Donal Logue ... Pat Duffy
Cyndi Lauper ... Sally Mahon
Paul D'Amato ... Dylan

Wally Dunn ... Harry

Olek Krupa ... Ted Walikaki

Chuck Cooper ... Arnon Morris

John Ortiz ... Ismail Espinoza

José Zúñiga ... Jesus Del Toro (as Jose Zuniga)
Brandon Vega ... Tony Del Toro
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language.
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
Polish | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Netherlands:6 | Australia:M | Germany:6 | USA:R
Company:
Clinica Estetico more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When he is using the ratchet wrench, it is turning the bolt when it is clicking. A ratchet clicks on the return stroke not on the tightening stroke. more
Soundtrack:
Swimming Pool Blue more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Worth A Look, Good Small Film, 7 September 2000
Author: max31 from Berkeley, CA

This is worth taking a look at. Walken does a commendable job as the small-time crook, now out and self-employed, trying to stay honest fixing cars in a garage. Cindi Lauper is good, piling on a thick NYC accent, first time I've seen her in a movie. She's likeable, very grounded in the movie. The supporting cast is very real. The result is, you don't like many of them a lot. They're average people, and we see them in less than flattering scenes. To that extent, you do like them because they're dealing the best way they know with events.

The movie works, in part because of what it doesn't do. It doesn't make us endure one of those speeches the wife or girlfriend or best pal gives the ex-con, just before he's about to commit to one more heist. Here, Lauper just tells Walken to hit the road, she knows somethings up, and it's gonna spoil the plans they made. Very low-key. No need to get into melodrama, everybody knows the Walken character, they're not going to change his mind with wailing.

I wouldn't drive across town to see the film, but if it's convenient, this is a good character study. It has some humor, too, but only as a byproduct of things going on, not a goal. The tone of it reminded me of the movie, Thief, but only in the sense that we're watching people who live in a realm most of us never go. I'd rather see this kind of movie than another one of those idiotic gross-out comedies.

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